Little League Softball World Series Explained

Little League Softball World Series
Last Season:2024 Little League Softball World Series
Sport:Softball
Founded:1974
Teams:12
Country:International
Champion: Pitt County Girls Softball Little League, Winterville, North Carolina
Most Champs: Midway Little League Waco/Hewitt, Texas (12)
Website:LittleLeague.org

The Little League Softball World Series is a softball tournament for girls aged 10 to 12 years old. It was first held in 1974 and is held every August at Stallings Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina, in the United States. Little League expanded the field of World Series participants to 12 in 2022, adding 2 regions in the United States. [1] Before being held in Greenville, it was held outside of Portland, Oregon at Alpenrose Stadium.

Qualification Regionals

The champion of each of the eight United States regional tournaments competes in the Little League Softball World Series. In 2022, the East and West regions were divided to create four new regions (Mid-Atlantic, New England, Northwest, and West):

The champion of each of the four international regional tournaments competes in the Little League Softball World Series:

Past champions

YearWinnersScoreRunner Up
1974 Tampa, Florida
Wellswood Little League
1975 Medford, Oregon
National Little League
1–0New York (Half Hollow Hills, Long Island)
1976 Salinas, California
Salinas Little League
4-1 Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Sturgeon Bay Little League
1977 Salinas, California
American Little League
1978 Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Shippensburg Little League
1979 Providence, Rhode Island
North Providence West Little League
1980 Glendale, California
Glendale Little League
1981 Gresham, Oregon
Gresham Little League
1982 Glendale, California
76er Little League
1983 Naples, Florida
Greater Naples Little League
1984 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque Little League
1985 Brookfield, Illinois
National Little League
1986 Tampa Bay, Florida
Tampa Bay Little League
1987 Tampa Bay, Florida
Tampa Bay Little League
1988 Naples, Florida
Greater Naples Little League
1989 Naples, Florida
Greater Naples Little League
1990 Glendale, California
Foothill Little League
1991 Naples, Florida
Greater Naples Little League
1992 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
1993 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
1994 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
Gresham, Oregon
Centennial Little League
1995 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
1996 Clearwater, Florida
Countryside Little League
1997 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
Warrington, PA
Warrington Warwick Little League
1998 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
1999 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
2000 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
6–1 Tualatin, Oregon
Tualatin Little League
2001 Maunabo, Puerto Rico
Rosario Y Cardona Little League
4–3 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
2002 Little League Softball World Series2002 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
6–1 Beaverton, Oregon
Beaverton Area Little League
2003 Little League Softball World Series2003 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
16–10 Naples, Florida
Naples Girls Softball Little League
2004 Little League Softball World Series2004 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
18–5 McLean, Virginia
McLean Little League
2005 Little League Softball World Series2005 McLean, Virginia
McLean Little League
6–2 Orange, Connecticut
Orange Little League
2006 Little League Softball World Series2006 Mattawan, Michigan
Mattawan Little League
6–2 Pequannock, New Jersey
Pequannock Little League
2007 Little League Softball World Series2007 Morristown, Tennessee
Morristown American/National Little League
3–2 Elgin, Texas
Elgin Little League
2008 Little League Softball World Series2008 Simpsonville, South Carolina
Simposnville Little League
9–5 Robbinsville, New Jersey
Robbinsville Little League
2009 Little League Softball World Series2009 Warner Robins, Georgia
Warner Robins American Little League
14–2 Crawford, Texas
Crawford Little League
2010 Little League Softball World Series2010 Warner Robins, Georgia
Warner Robins American Little League
8–6 Burbank, California
Burbank Little League
2011 Little League Softball World Series2011 Sterling, Illinois
Sterling Little League
7–5 Waco, Texas
Midway Little League
2012 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eastdale Little League
16–1 Windermere, Florida
Windermere Little League
2013 Tucson, Arizona
Sunnyside Little League
9–0 McLean, Virginia
McLean Little League
2014 Robbinsville, New Jersey
Robbinsville Little League
4–1 Bossier City, Louisiana
Bossier Little League
2015 Salisbury, North Carolina
Rowan Little League
4–2 Warwick, Rhode Island
Warwick Little League
2016 Little League Softball World Series2016 Helotes, Texas
Greater Helotes Little League
5–1 Salisbury, North Carolina
Rowan Little League
2017 Waco, Texas
Lake Air Little League
7–2 Salisbury, North Carolina
Rowan Little League
2018 Wheelersburg, Ohio
Wheelersburg Little League
3–0 Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock Little League
2019 Little League Softball World Series2019 Salisbury, North Carolina
Rowan Little League
4–1 River Ridge, Louisiana
Eastbank Little League
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2021 Muskogee, Oklahoma
Green Country Little League
9–1 Chesterfield, Virginia
Chesterfield Little League
2022 Hewitt, Texas
Midway Little League
5–4 Delmar, Maryland
Delmar Little League
2023 Massapequa, New York
Massapequa International Little League
5–2 Winterville, North Carolina
Pitt County Girls Softball Little League
2024 Winterville, North Carolina
Pitt County Girls Softball Little League
1–0 Sterlington, Louisiana
Sterlington Little League

Championship totals

Championships won by country/state

Rank Team Championships Years
1 Texas141992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016, 2017, 2022
2 Florida81974, 1975, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996
3 California51976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1990
4 North Carolina32015, 2019, 2024
5 Oregon21975, 1981
Georgia2009, 2010
Illinois1985, 2011
New Mexico1984, 2012
9 Arizona12013
Michigan2006 Little League Softball World Series2006
New Jersey2014
New York2023
Ohio2018
Oklahoma2021
Pennsylvania1978
Puerto Rico2001
Rhode Island1979
South Carolina2008 Little League Softball World Series2008
Tennessee2007 Little League Softball World Series2007
Virginia2005 Little League Softball World Series2005

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Little League® World Series Set to Return with Full Participant Field and Fans at All Divisions of Play . Little League . 26 April 2022 . 31 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments. 30 April 2020.